Past Simple and Past Continuous - Grammar Question Writing
Practise past simple and past continuous at B1 level by completing questions, writing personal answers and putting words in order. Includes a model, partner practice and a separate key with sample answers and guidance on alternatives.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Model and grammar reminder
- Question completion and personal answers
- Word-order practice
- Answer key with sample responses and teacher guidance
Write past questions that distinguish completed events from activity in progress.
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Page 1 of 2 · A4 printable PDF
Page 2 of 2 · Answer key · A4 printable PDF
A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Give learners page 1 and keep the page 2 answer key separate. Its question forms are targets; personal answers are models, not required wording.
- Use the lights-going-out exchange to identify the background activity and the completed interruption.
- Complete A about eight last night, last weekend, receiving a message and an unusual event; write a detail in each answer.
- Reorder B's phone, weekend meeting and yesterday's work questions; ask them aloud and follow up on what happened next.
Support and extension
Supply were + -ing and did + base verb frames. The specified background cues require continuous forms; personal answers can combine background and completed events.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
